Fyre festival organizers hit with $100 million fraud and breach of contract lawsuit

[anon67050589]

@MrShiv quoting MikeTheBard

I’m sure the islanders were all dark-skinned and scary looking

FWIW, I read this to be mockery, that the festival goers in question would have thought of the locals that way, not that they really were.

[MrShiv]

Yeah. I did too, especially in context of the rest of the post. I should have been more clear about that.

I really just picked on that description because mockery or no, it does reflect that some accounts of the festival emphasize the local criminals – often in the same sentence as “feral dogs”. That’s really bothered me since this story broke.

[anon67050589]

I hear you. It’s probably a big reason why there isn’t as much sympathy for the victims as there might otherwise be.

[Mister44]

PFFT - none of these people are real Firestarters.

[Nightflyer]

@Slartibartfast

It’s a big leap from “teasing my friend for stubbing their toe” to “total lack of empathy towards humans who have been victims of a crime.” I’m simply not comfortable with that amount of moral relativism.

All victims deserve empathy and justice – even the rich ones – because the fraudsters who preyed on them are still criminals, even if you don’t lose sleep over their crimes.

Agreed.

…and Happy Birthday!